Reply To: Differentiate between Members and Non-Members

07/24/2015 at 3:47 pm #341160
Susan
Guest

Hi Steven

Feel stupid for not thinking of using the category structure within Connections to differentiate Members from Non-Members before !!!

Set-up four member-based categories – Non-Member, Member-BasicListing, Member-Weblink and Member-Upgraded. Using Firebug I could easily see how the class was added to the individual listings and then was able to turn on and off various elements on the front end via CSS.

  • Non-Member: gets Business Name, Address, PHone, Email
  • Basic members: get to have Business Name, Address, Phone, Email and Description
    (re-named the Biography area)
  • Member-Weblink: In addition to everything the Member-Basic gets,
  • Weblink Members get hyperlink to website and all manner of the social media links
  • Member-Upgraded: Gets EVERYTHING, which the default settings of Connections – i.e.
    logo, phone, interactive map etc

As well, I added an icon to the h3 tag for Members and changed the background gradient/colours and colour of Business Name from the Non-Member listings.

VERY HAPPY!!

I will be transferring the completed project over to GrandBendTourism.com next week and then will add a review with link to updated website.

Thanks so much for a truly great plugin